Dispenser



MalCl'l 13,. M BLONS DISPENSER Filed April 20, 1943 l ENTOR. f5/@fzs mlnl n n u Wazmfc'e Patented Mar. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEarmiesv r DISPENSER Maurice J. Blons, Chicago, Ill. Application Aprilzo, 1943, serial No. 483,734

2 claims.

The invention relates to improvements in dispensers especially adaptedfor dispensing paper i cups andsalt tablets for use therein, the primaryobject of the invention being the provision of an improved arrangementof the character indicated which is of simple construction and highlyefficient and convenient in use.

Other objects will appear thereinafter.

The invention consists of the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification and in which- Fig. 1 is atop plan view shown partially in horizontal section of a dispenserembodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a partial side view of the same in which the lower portionthereof is shown in vertical section; and

Fig. 3, a partial front view of the same.

The embodiment of 'the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises asuitable cabinet I having a removable cover II and provided on one sidewith a supporting member I2 adapted and arranged to engage with acorresponding supporting bracket for removably supporting the same on awall or other vertical surface. The casing I0 is divided by a verticalpartition I3 into two compartments or magazines I4 and I5. The magazineI4 is open at the bottom but is provided at its bottorn withwedge-shaped blocks I 6 adapted and arranged to removably support cupsI1'in said magazine, with the lower end of the lowermost cup protrudingfrom the bottom of the magazine for ready removal thereof from themagazine, as Will be readily understood.

The other magazine I is arranged as indicated in front of the cupmagazine I4, and has its bottom i8 positioned Well above the bottom ofthe magazine I4 as indicated, said bottom being pro-` vided centrallyadjacent its outer edge with a discharge opening I9. By thisconstruction a positioning shoulder `is provided to the rear of thedischarge opening I9 in position to facili; tate the arrangement of acup I1 under said discharge opening to receive a tablet therefrom, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

'A discharge wheel 2l is rotatably mounted by means of the screw 22 onthe bottom vliigol `the magazine I5 with its edge 23 protruding'througha slot formed in the front wall of said magazine. The wheel 2| isprovided with two diametrically arranged openings or pockets 24extending therethrough, and so positioned as to be brought intoregistration with the discharge opening I9 in the bottom I8 when saidWheel is revolved. As will be noted, the discharge opening I9 isarranged under the slot in the front wall of the magazine I5 in suchposition that when one of the openings 24 is brought into registrationtherewith, it is Within the slot in the front Wall of the mechanism soas to be effectively covered against the discharge of additionaltablets. A sight pocket 25 is arranged in the front Wall of the magazineI5 and covered by a transparent sheet 21, and whereby one or moretablets 25 may be secured in said opening to indicate the contents ofthe magazine I5. y

In use and in operation the magazine I4 is filled with cups, with thelowermost cup protruding through the open bottom thereof and themagazine I5 supplied with salt tablets 25 or the like. When it isdesired to remove a cup and supply the same with a salt tablet, thelowermost cup `is drawn downwardly through the open bottom of themagazine I4, the top of the cup yielding inwardly suflicient to permitof this. Then said cup is held centrally under the bottom of themagazine I5 with its rear edge positioned against the shoulder 20,' andthe wheel 2I manipulated by the tumb or ngers of the operator until oneof the tablets is dispensed through the opening I9 into the cup. Owingto the fact that when the openings 24 are brought into registration withthe opening I9, the top of the former is covered by the front wall ofthe magazine I5 and only one tablet can be discharged at a time. By thisarrangement the dispensing of the cups I 1 with salt tablets 25 thereinis greatly facilitated and 'the handling of the salt tablets absoilutely dispensed with. y

The specic form and arrangement of parts is a simple and eiective onefor the purpose.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying the invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modication without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I therefore do no wish registering with said wheel openingwhenv in said slot.

2. A tablet dispenser specified in claim 1 in which means are providedat the bottom of said magazine against which a cup is held forpositioning the same to receive a tablet discharged through said bottomopening.

MAURICE J. BLONS.

